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Renault leads e-mobility project

French car manufacturer Renault has joined forces with a host of companies to establish an e-mobility project in the Rhine-Ruhr region. The project’s aim is to integrate electric mobility into everyday traffic along the A40 motorway. Charging infrastructure will be built in the towns of Mulheim, Essen and Dortmund by mid-2011 and data will be collected [...]

Ford F-150 range extender revealed

A range extended electric conversion of the Ford F-150 has been revealed as part of the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit. The vehicle, developed by Michigan-based electric powertrain company ALTe LLC includes a Ford 2.0litre, four-cylinder normally aspirated petrol engine that powers an 82kW Remy DC generator. It includes [...]

GM in Europe secures €300 million loan from UK

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced today a €300 million (£270m) loan guarantee to General Motors (GM) Europe. The money will help to secure GM brand Vauxhall’s continued operations in Britain at its two plants; Luton and Ellesmere Port. It will also support Vauxhall’s sister brand Opel within its operations on mainland Europe. Today’s outline agreement [...]

New international safety rules agreed for electric cars

An international safety standard for electric and hybrid vehicles has been adopted this week as the ‘World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations’.  The adoption of the new type approval clears the way for the early uptake of electric cars across 41 countries which have mutual recognition of this approval. The new regulations cover all [...]

Tiny electric car maker plans to save 4,700 jobs at NUMMI plant

  An unknown Silicon valley start up is planning to save the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI)  plant in California. The plant which operated as a joint venture between Toyota and GM, currently employs around 4,700 people but is set to close at the end of this month as its contract ends. However the small-time electric [...]

Eye for design as Tesla reveals new concept

Tesla has revealed a new concept electric car at the Geneva Motor Show. Designed by the  Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) of Turin, the new electric car concept has been a highlight of the Swiss show, which after two weeks entertaining the public, closes this weekend. Called the Eye, the new concept was created by [...]

EU launches biorefinary project

In an effort to slash energy use and reduce feedstock consumption, work has started on an EU-funded project to improve the performance of the continent’s biorefinaries. Known as EUROBIOREF (European multi-level integrated biorefinary design for sustainable biomass processing) it is a four-year project with a total budget of €37billion, of which a substantial amount will come [...]

Mitsubishi agrees i-MiEV promotion in Switzerland

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has continued its European adventure after the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Alpiq Holding AG, the country’s largest electricity provider, in Switzerland. The three parties will work together to confirm the viability of electric vehicles and quick charger units and promote the new generation [...]

New York pours funds into energy storage

The green movement in the US is not just limited to the West coast – now New York is getting in on the act with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarding $8million to help develop or commercialise 19 advanced energy storage projects. The awards will be made to companies and universities [...]

Ocean pest provides new biofuel hope

Seafarer’s nightmare could be a motorists dream as scientists discover that a marine pest could hold the key to a biofuel breakthrough. The tiny crustacean known as ‘gribble’ has been historically unpopular- eating through wood and wreaking havoc on wooden ships, piers and docks over the centuries. But after scientists from Portsmouth and York Universities [...]